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  • 标题:The tissue plasminogen activator-plasmin system participates in the rewarding effect of morphine by regulating dopamine release
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  • 作者:Taku Nagai ; Kiyofumi Yamada ; Masako Yoshimura
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2004
  • 卷号:101
  • 期号:10
  • 页码:3650-3655
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.0306587101
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is a serine protease that catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen (plg) to plasmin, which in turn functions to degrade extracellular matrix proteins in the central nervous system. The tPA-plasmin system plays a role in synaptic plasticity and remodeling. Here we show that this protease system participates in the rewarding effects of morphine by acutely regulating morphine-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). A single morphine treatment induced tPA mRNA and protein expression in a naloxone-sensitive manner, which was associated with an increase in the enzyme activity in the NAcc. The acute effect of morphine in inducing tPA expression was diminished after repeated administration. Morphine-induced conditioned place preference and hyperlocomotion were significantly reduced in tPA-/- and plg-/- mice, being accompanied by a loss of morphine-induced dopamine release in the NAcc. The defect of morphine-induced dopamine release and hyperlocomotion in tPA-/- mice was reversed by microinjections of either exogenous tPA or plasmin into the NAcc. Our findings demonstrate a previously undescribed function of the tPA-plasmin system in regulating dopamine release, which is involved in the rewarding effects of morphine.
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